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Cascading Water
Cascading Water
robertmcd


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2011-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Stutterheim Forest, South Africa
Date: Aug 20, 2011
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.6s
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2011

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Place: 246 out of 324
Avg (all users): 5.3986
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.3571
Avg (non-participants): 5.5000
Views since voting: 531
Views during voting: 212
Votes: 138
Comments: 3
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Canon Mount
09/07/2011 07:02:34 AM
the sharpness in the rocks is a bit lacking but the composition is nice
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Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
 09/05/2011 04:09:27 PM
The flowing water is gorgeous and the perspective is very nice. I like the way the whole image seems framed by the logs/roots? at the bottom.
I think your downfall here is the fact that the overall image could have some more clarity and sharpness, and a lot of voters will compare this image to this one: (I hope that shows up since that picture is in voting right now as well) and by doing so, yours will lack that dramatic, oomph factor.

ETA: It seems like the image doesn't show... it's the one named "Forest Water" in this months Free Study challenge as well.
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Sony Alpha a7R II
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 16–35 mm f/4 ZA OSS
 09/01/2011 04:46:08 PM
Whenever I see cascading falls, the picture I think of is this:

The falls are nicely framed in this one with a natural border all around.
But the falls being busy only to a quarter of the picture leading out of the frame, leaves the rest of it quite empty of action and unable to support the main subject well. I don't know how the terrain is and if you could get any closer, but filling up a majority of the frame with the cascading falls would've wowed me. Good luck.
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